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Li Yuan smiled slightly: "My family's Erlang is twelve years old this year, one year older than Guanyin, and when they become adults, they will fulfill this marriage contract, Gao Shilang, this is the agreement I made with Ji Sheng two years ago, and it was only a verbal agreement at that time, since you are here today, let's witness it together." ”

Gao Shilian smiled slightly: "If my memory is correct, your second son is also the son-in-law born to you and Mrs. Dou." ”

Li Yuan nodded: "Yes, I have four sons with Humble Jingsheng, in addition to the third son Xuanji who died early, the eldest son Jiancheng has already married the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the second son of my family, Li Shimin, is engaged to Miss Eldest Sun." ”

Gao Shilian's brows stretched suddenly: "It's the second son, this guy is amazing, at a young age, he goes to Beibi Mountain every day to make mistakes, and the name of Wu Yong has spread throughout the official circle of the entire Eastern Capital, I don't know how many families want to marry under the idea of your second son." ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, but he said again and again: "Where is it, this kid has been negligent in discipline since he was a child, you also know, I have been an official in the field for many years, and I didn't take care of this kid much, and I have to take care of housework, so I let this kid go crazy outside all day long, and now I am completely ambitious, and I don't know how to accept it." ”

Changsun Sheng laughed: "Tang Guogong, you are too modest, in my opinion, the second son is by no means a brave and unscrupulous martial artist, my family Shilang went to school with him, and even the great Confucian Kong Yingda was shocked by his talent." ”

Li Yuan smiled but did not speak. In his heart, he was very proud, in his heart, Li Shimin, who was brave and strong. won his favor even more, although the eldest son Jiancheng was smart and knowledgeable, but by the standard of Guan Long's generals, he was a little weak.

Changsun Sheng looked at Li Yuan and said, "Tang Guogong, I have your words. I'm going to die now, and I'm at ease. Alas, the family is unfortunate, and I, as a father, can't stop Saburo's resentment towards his stepmother and younger siblings. In the future, my family's Guanyin maid will be entrusted to you. ”

Li Yuan nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely admit this marriage, just wait for Miss Changsun to reach the age of leaving the cabinet, no matter where she is, I will take her over and promise to marry a dog." ”

Changsun Sheng nodded and said, "Tang Guogong." In my life, most of the business income outside is now owned by Saburo. These days, after I was bedridden, I found out that most of the transactions in the horse market, furs, and soap had been in the hands of San Lang, and it was not my eldest grandson who deliberately repented. It's really powerless. ”

Li Yuan's face changed slightly, he had originally agreed to let his son marry the young lady of the eldest grandson family because of this. But now that the words have been spoken, Changsun Sheng suddenly said that the industry has been taken away by Changsun Wuxian, and he is about to spurt out a mouthful of old blood, if it weren't for Gao Shilian on his side, I'm afraid that he can't bear it anymore and starts to have a seizure, but Li Yuan can only say "oh" softly at this time, noncommittal.

Gao Shilian obviously had the same thoughts today, and his reaction was more direct than that of the scheming Li Yuan, and he said hurriedly: "Ji Sheng, these Turkic-related transactions and industries, but you have worked hard all your life, how can they fall into the hands of the third prince so quickly?" Now it's up to you to decide this home, or is he up to him?! ”

Changsun Sheng sighed: "I have been in good health since the year before last, and I have personally managed these transactions to the Turks, and I have not been able to run much in the past two years, and I can only hand over these things to San Lang Wuxian to do, but I didn't expect that when he was doing these businesses, he took the opportunity to master the routes and contacts of these transactions, and even said to the Turkic merchants, I have handed over these businesses to him to deal with, cough cough, now my body, I can't even walk, how can I take Wuji out to do two more business." , what about reassigning him some business rights? ”

Gao Shilian was stunned, sweat flowed down his sideburns, and after a while, he said: "Ji Sheng, the matter has come to this point, and there is no other way but to recuperate, and I will talk about it when I have the opportunity in the future." ”

Li Yuan was silent, his heart was even more bitter, it seemed that the biggest piece of fat was gone, but the matter really looked irreparable, Changsun Sheng looked like this, it looked like it was difficult to survive this winter, let alone go out to ride a horse to the Turks, since his words had already been spoken, he could only consider himself unlucky and help Changsun Sheng to adopt his daughter.

Changsun Sheng said with difficulty: "However, but don't be discouraged by the two of you, I, I still left two long-term followers who have been with me for many years, even if the industry is given to San Lang, these two people, these two people will definitely be able to help you, you, as long as you take my token, they, they will arrange for you to meet with the Turkic nobles, and in the future, the future will depend on you." ”

Gao Shilian and Li Yuan's eyes lit up, as if they had seen a bright light on the road ahead, their faces were full of excitement and expectation, Gao Shilian laughed: "Ji Sheng, you said it earlier, it won't make us worry for so long." Who are these two people? Which Turkic nobleman did you meet? ”

Changsun Sheng looked at Li Yuan: "Tang Guogong, I have something to say to Shi Lian, and I ask you to ............."

Li Yuan secretly scolded Changsun Sheng in his heart for being really cunning, and finally only left a line for himself, and stood up with a smile: "I'll go outside to see the movement, you guys talk first." ”

Li Yuan got up and walked out of the door, it was dark outside, it didn't seem like there was anyone, he deliberately took a few steps heavily, and then crept back violently, lying out of the window silently, wanting to hear the movement inside the house.

Changsun Sheng whispered to Gao Shilian: "Shilian, you come here with your ears." ”

Gao Shilian hurriedly leaned his ears over, but heard Changsun Sheng lower his voice and said: "Liu Wuzhou, the captain of Yingyang Mansion in Mayi County, is the first person who has been following me to make secret transactions with the Turks in the past few years. ”

Gao Shilian's brows furrowed: "It's a bit incredible that a small lieutenant can lead the connection between Ji Sheng and the third prince of the Turks." ”

Changsun Sheng shook his head. There was a gleam in his eyes: "Shi Lian, don't underestimate this Liu Wuzhou, this person was Yang Yichen's subordinate at the earliest." Specifically responsible for investigating the military situation, he knows everything about the shape of the state area, and later in the last Yang Liang crusade because of his good merit and victory, offended Yang Yichen, so he was not allowed to be promoted, and in recent years, he also wanted to take refuge in several powerful people, but he was not reused. I became acquainted with this person the last time the Supreme was out of the fortress. And took him to contact the third prince a few times, and now he is Tong Guò him, and maintains a private contact with the third prince of the Turks, Ashina Lifu. ”

Gao Shilian said suspiciously: "You have such a good relationship with Qimin Khan. Why do you want to make friends with his son? ”

Changsun Sheng sighed: "Qimin Khan is a waste, it is precisely because he is a dou who can't be supported, the Turks and the Great Sui can maintain peace for so many years, it's not that I don't know the danger that the Turks will be in danger to the Great Sui once they are unified and strong, but the Supreme is a ruthless person, I have to let such a Turkic rise in the grassland, in order to protect myself, fortunately, before I die." There was no accident in this regard, and my eldest grandson's family could be regarded as being able to pass the test safely. But in the future, I will trouble you and Tang Guogong. ”

Gao Shilian shook his head: "What can I do as a middle-level official?" ”

Changsun Sheng's eyes suddenly flashed: "Listen, after the death of the Qimin Khan, if the Turks elect a new Khan lightly, it will definitely be a huge threat to the Great Sui." Now the Supreme has made the heavens angry and resentful in order to conquer Goguryeo. If the Turks stab him in the back, then the Great Sui is in danger, and what I have done all my life is to divide and disintegrate the Turks, even if I die, I don't want to see Hu Lu's iron hooves stepping into the Central Plains again, so you must find a way to provoke the relationship between Tong Lifu and his eldest brother, Ashina, and you must not let Xiongbei get the Khan position, otherwise, he will definitely invade the Central Plains. ”

Changsun Sheng said so much in one breath, and there was a violent cough, Gao Shilian helped him push his chest and stroke his back for a while, so that a trace of ruddy appeared on his face, and he said with difficulty: "Shilian, you must remember my words, that token is this half of a jade pendant." As he spoke, he trembled his hands, took out half a jade pendant from his arms, stuffed it into Gao Shilian's hand, and said in a low voice, "With this half of a jade pendant, you go to Mayi to find Liu Wuzhou, remember, he is now a cavalry captain in Mayi, after you meet Tong Lifu, except for pig iron trading, you can do everything else, as long as you provide them with silk and rouge, he will give you war horses, cattle and sheep, you take it to the mainland to sell, you will definitely have a high profit, remember!" ”

Gao Shilian took the jade pendant into his arms and nodded: "I know, in this way, what Ji Sheng wants to give to Li Yuan is the second Turkic prince." ”

Changsun Sheng's face sank: "Shilian, you just need to guard your share, don't ask too much about other people's affairs, now please call Tang Guogong in." Also, Liu Wuzhou is a person, you must be careful, you can't trust him, if you hook up with Tong Lifu, it's best to change the contact messenger. ”

Gao Shilian responded to the promise, got up and walked out, Li Yuan listened to it outside the door for a long time, and he didn't hear any words, but Gao Shilian's footsteps suddenly sounded, anxious and fast, he hurriedly ran to the courtyard, behind his back, and looked up at the sky.

Gao Shilian pushed open the door, and when he saw Li Yuan, he smiled slightly: "Tang Guogong, Ji Sheng invites you in." ”

Li Yuan turned around, nodded, and walked into the house, while Gao Shilian stood in the courtyard, took out the half of the jade pendant in his arms by the moonlight, and began to enjoy it.

Li Yuan sat opposite Changsun Sheng, Changsun Sheng looked at him and sat down, and smiled slightly: "Tang Guogong, you have been waiting for a long time, what I want to tell you, I hope you don't say it to the third person, otherwise it won't do you any good." ”

Li Yuan hurriedly replied: "This is natural, Ji Sheng, the Turkic nobles you want to talk about, is it the Khan of Qimin?" ”

Eldest Sun Sheng sighed: "As far as I know, Qimin Khan is also bedridden now, and he is afraid that his life will not be long, I am introducing you to this steppe Khan, and it will not be of much help to you, but for the sake of Tang Guogong treating my daughter so well, I will give you a big gift, which will definitely be useful to your Li family in the future." ”

Hiding the excitement in his heart, Li Yuan said, "Are you talking about the three current princes of the Turks?" ”

Changsun Sheng's eyes flashed: "To be precise, it's the second prince Duji." ”

Li Yuan was not familiar with the internal affairs of the Turks, and doubted: "Then why not the eldest prince?" ”

Changsun Sheng smiled and shook his head: "The eldest prince is aggressive, now far away in Mobei, I have nothing to do with him, only the second prince Duji who is in the grassland of Monan is the most powerful contender for the future Great Khan, because he is the son-in-law, as for Na Dubi, under normal circumstances, this Khan will not be his turn." As for the envoy who contacted the second prince Duji, he was also an old acquaintance of your Tang Guogong, and it was Liu Wenjing, who was currently the county commander of Wugong. ”

Li Yuan's face changed: "Liu Wenjing? It could be him! I can't imagine that he is the Turkic secret envoy of your Changsun General! ”

Changsun Sheng sighed: "Liu Wenjing's family background is not very good, a few years ago, I wanted to marry the Li Mi family of the Duke of Pushan County, and I needed a large dowry, and in a desperate situation, I helped him and took him to Turkic to do two trips of business, so that he could scrape together enough money, so he is very familiar with Prince Duji, I said hello to him the year before last, if I am not there in the future, you Tang Guogong will take over the relationship with Prince Duji, so Tang Guogong can go directly to Liu Wenjing after I die, Just leave the rest to him. ”

Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then thank you General Changsun, by the way, listen to what you just said, it turns out that this Turkic people are the same as our Central Plains, the inheritance system of concubines, since this is the case, then why can't it be the turn of the eldest prince, what are you worried about?" ”

Changsun Sheng's face became stern: "There is a variable in this, it is Wang Shichong!" ”

Li Yuan's face changed suddenly, Rao was so calm, his face suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly said, "What?" Wang Shichong? How could this person be involved with the Turks? ”

Li Yuan had heard of Wang Shichong's reputation before, but he didn't know much about him, because what Wang Shichong had done over the years was basically underground, so that Li Yuan, who had been a foreign official for a long time, was not very familiar with it, but he knew that this person had followed Gao Ying and Yang Su successively, and he could be regarded as a rising star in the officialdom. Eldest Sun Sheng sighed: "Tang Guogong, listen to me, if the world is disturbed in the future, it will be this person!" ”

Li Yuan shook his head in disbelief: "He is a powerless and powerless guy who was born as a businessman, even if he has a little money, how can he cause trouble in the world?" ”

Changsun Sheng shook his head: "I have known this person for many years, I know his talent well, and I know his sinister heart, so to speak, Gao Servant Shot, Chu Guogong, the two important ministers, are planted under him, he had dealings with the Turks twenty years ago, and when I recruited the Qimin Khan, he was my deputy, if there is a person in this world who can compare my understanding of Turkic affairs, it must be this person." (To be continued)